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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

JACOB P. I/VRIGHT, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE DIAMONDMATCH COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MECHANISM FOR MAKING MATCH-BOXES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 543,714, dated July 30,1895.

Application filed June 2, 1894. Serial No. 513 ,259. (No model.)

To to whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB P. W RIGHT, of New Haven, in thecounty of NewHaven, and in the State of Connecticut, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Mechanism for Making Match-Boxes; and I do herebydeclare that the following is afuli, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective View of my machine. Fig. 2 is a plan View of aportion of the same from the upper side. Fig. 3 is an elevation of saidmachine from the front. Fig. at is a side elevation, portions beingremoved to show the arrangement of operating gears. Fig. 5 is a likeView to show the gears at the opposite side. Fig. 6 is a view, partly incross-section, showing in elevation the boxforming mechanism. Fig. 7 isalongitudinal section upon line m w of Fig. 2, showing the feeding,cutting, and box-forming devices. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of thefeed-rolls separated from each other. Figs. 9 and 10 are like views,respectively, of the upper and lower cutting-rolls. Fig. 11 is alongitudinal section of said rolls as combined for use. Fig. 12 is across-section of one of the feedrolls containing a supplemental cutter.Fig. 13 is a perspective View of the bridge-plate used for guiding andsupportinga blank during its passage from one pair of rolls to the otherpair. Fig. 14. is a section of the same on line 2 z of Fig. 13. Fig. 15is a like view of said plate and of the cutting-rollers as combined foruse. Fig. 16 is a plan view of a blank for an ordinary box having itsfront end completed and the longitudinal cuts in its rear end indicatedby dotted lines. Fig. 17 is a like view of a blank for making a deeperbox. Fig. 1,8 is a perspective view of the box-forming mechanism inposition to receive a blank. Fig. 19 is a like view of the same afterthe end dies have moved to position. Fig. 20 is a perspective view ofthe mechanism employed for stripping the box from the plunger, showingits parts in their normal positions.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in all of the figures.

The object of this invention is to enable match'boxes ofdifferent depthsto be constructed upon one machine; and to such end my inventionconsists in the mechanism employed, substantially as and for the purposehereinafter specified. I

In the practical application of my invention I employ a main orsupporting frame which consists of a bed-plate A, that at each end isprovided with two legs B and B, as shown. Secured to such bed, at ashort distance from one end, are two plates 0 and O, which are arrangedvertically and in parallellines, and within the same and within twobrackets D and E, that are secured to and extend-upward from oppositeends of said bed,is journaled a shaft F, which upon one end is providedwith a pulley G, that enables it to be connected with and driven from asource of power.- Saidshaft is the main or driving shaft of the machine,andfrom it, directly or through intermediate devices, are set in motionthe movable parts of such machine.

Near the rear upper portionof the frameplates C and C are journaled twohorizontal feed-rollers H and H, of ordinary construc tion, the lower ofwhich rollers H runs in stationary bearings, while the upper roller H ismovable vertically and is held in yielding contact with said lowerroller by means of springs 71. and h, one of which is placed between thejournal-box h at each end of said roller H' and a fixed or adjustablebearing above the same.

In front of the rollers H and H are two other materially larger rollersI and K, which are also jonrnaled horizontally, with the upper side ofthe lower roller I upon a line horizontal with the upper side of saidroller H. The roller K is journaled within boxes L and L, which aremoved downward and hold in position by means of set-screws Z and Z,while by the action of a spring Z placed beneath said boxes L and L saidroller K is held with a yielding pressure at the upper limit of itsmotion.

The rollers I and K are intended for use both as feed and cutting rolls,and one-half of the periphery of each is cutaway longitudinally, so asto bring its surface below the remaining surface a distance radiallyequal to about twice the thickness of the paper to be operated upon.Said roller K has two peripheral grooves in and 7a, which extend inwarda short distance and enable the glueprinted portion'of the paper to passthrough without contaet, while at one edge of the elevated portion ofits periphery said roller is provided with a cutter 7a, which extendslengthwise of the same and is confined within a suitable groove formedfor such purpose. In the construction of some boxes said cutter isstraight, while for other boxes it has the branched form at each endseen in Fig. 2.

At a short distance in front of the rollers I and K are journaled twoother rollers M and N, which have about one-half their diameter, thelower of which M is journaled within stationary boxes m and 711, whilethe upper roller N is journaled within verticallymovable boxes at and n,that are held at the lower limit of their motion by means of set-screwsn and n and at the upper limit of such motion by springs m and m placedbetween said boxes 'm and m. The upper roller N is provided withperipheral grooves 97. and n which coincide with the grooves 71: and 7cof the roller K, and, like the latter, permit of the passage of theglued portions of the paper blanks, and between such grooves has twosmaller peripheral grooves n and 01. between which the surface 11. isprovided with fine teeth, the object of which will be hereinafterexplained, while at the outer edge of each of said grooves n areprovided two cutters n and 72 that are arranged circumferentially withinopposite sides of said roller, project about one-sixteenth of an inchabove its surface, and have each a length equal to twice the depth ofthe deepest box to be made. The lower roller M is provided with acircumferential groove m, which coincides in width and location to thetoothed section 11 of the roller N, and at suitable points hascircumferential recesses m and m that coincide with and operate toreceive the cutters n and n of the roller N.

The rollers II and H are connected together by means of two meshinggear-wheels O and 0 which are secured upon the journals at thecorresponding ends of each. The rollers I and K are in like mannerconnected by means of two gear-wheels P and P that are connected withthe journals at one end of the same, while at the opposite end of themachine two gear-wheels Q and Q, operate to connect together the rollersM and N. The gear-wheel P is made rotatively adjustable with referenceto its roller in orderthat the relative peripheral position of suchroller may be varied with reterence to the lower roller with which itacts.

Motion is imparted to the rollers from the driving-shaft F by means of agear-wheel R which is secured upon the samejust outside of one of theframe-plates (J, and meshes with an intermediate wheel S that isjournaled upon the side of such plate. Said wheel S meshes with agear-wheel S, also journaled on the side of said plate, which mesheswith a gear-wheel Q upon one end of the roller M, that, like the gear P,is rotatively adjustable relative to its roller. The wheel S is gearedto a second intermediate wheel T, which latter is journaled upon theplate 0 below and in a line vertically with the rollers I and K, andmeshes with the gear-wheel I. The connections named serve to impartn10-tion from the shaft F to the rollers I, K, M, and N, while for'therollers II and II a gear wheel U is secured'upon the journal of theroller I, and another meshing-wheel V is attached to the journal of theroller 11. For reasons hereinafter explained, said wheel V is connectedwith said roller II by means of a pawl v and ratchet-wheel 1;, so as toenable said rollers H and H to be rotated faster than and in the samedirection that they are driven.

Between the rollers M and N and the front of the machine is ahorizontally-arranged table W, which has its upper face upon a line withthe upper sides of the rolls II, I, and M, and is provided with acentral opening to that correspondsin size and shape to the horizontaldimensions of the box to be formed, and is arranged with itslongestdiameter in aline extending from the front side to the back sideof the machine. A groove to, having the same width as said opening,extends through the same from the front to the rear edge of said table,while two other grooves 10 and to", having a width of about one-eighthof anineh, and a depth equal to that of said grooves 10', extendlengthwise of said table at the front and rear ends of said opening to,and at their ends coincide with openings 0 and 0 within the plates 0 andC, which latter openings have each the same horizontal dimensions as itscoinciding groove 10 and vertically measures about three-fourths of aninch.

Fitted into and adapted to slide longitudinally within each groove U1and its opening 0 is a correspondingly-shaped bar X, which has itsprojecting end connected with the corresponding end of the other bar Xby means of a pin Y that passes through such ends and through two lugs zand .2, which project upward from a slide Z that is fitted upon andadapted to be moved longitudinally overa way A, which way projectshorizontally from the adjacent frame-plateC in a line with said grooves10 and 10 over the shaft F. A pulley B, provided with a peripheralcam-flange b, is located beneath said slide and has its said flangeengaged by two rollers z and a, so that by the rotation of suchcam-pulley said slide, with its pair of bars X and X, will be moved soas to cause the latter at a predetermined moment to pass inward untiltheir inner ends are a predetermined distance beyond the ad jacent sideof the table-opening wand then withdraw them to their outer positions.

Upon the upper side of the table \V are two parallel straight bars W andW that extend from front to rear thereof, and being placed outside ofthe die-opening to operate to engage the side edges of the box-blank andproperly guide it to position. The inner edges "of the bars are made tooverhang and thus hold and guide the bars when adjusted.

Within the inner face of each frame-plate C, in a line from front torear with the tableopening w, is formed a vertical way 0, which receivesand contains a slide D that is adapted to be moved longitudinally withincertain limits and at its upper end is rigidly connected with the upperend of the opposite slide D by means of an H-shaped cross-bar E, whichextends between and is bolted to each of such parts. Pivoted upon theinner face of each slide, below the table W, is a roller d, which isadapted to be engaged by a groove f that is formed within the contiguousface of a cam E, which cam is secured upon and revolves with thedriving-shaft F and operates to give to said slides a downward movementof about one-fourth the length of their travel, a brief period of rest,a farther downward movement to the limit of such motion, and

, then an upward movement to their normal position, Where they restwhile said shaft completes its revolution, such movements of said slidesbeing made while said shaft is passing through one half of a revolutionand its long rest occupying the second half of the rotation.

Secured upon and extending downward from the center of the cross-bar Eis a plunger G which at its lower end corresponds in shape to thetable-opening w and has such dimensions horizontally that whenpassedpassage through the same of a chain of box-- holders H and H ofusual construction, each of which holders interiorly corresponds inhorizontal size and shape to the like features of said opening to, andwhen in position beneath the latter forms a continuation of the same.W'ithin the lower end of the table: opening to is located a plate I,which horizontally has the form of and is substantially the size of suchopening and has its upper corners beveled off at an angle of aboutfortyfive degrees. Such plate is contained within a corresponding recessw, formed in the bottom of the transverse opening to, and at its centeris connected with a rod K, which from thence extends downward through asuitable guide L and at its lower end is provided with a roller thatbears upon and engages with the periphery of a cam M, which cam issecured to and revolves with the shaft F and has such form as to causesaid plate or former I to be moved quickly upward until it nearlyimpinges upon the plunger G as the latter reaches the lower limit of itsmotion, and after holding said former in elevated position for aninstant permit the same to be returned to its lower normal position bymeans of the downward pressure of a spring is.

Fitted within a guide g upon the front and rear sides each of theplunger G isa plate M which extends upward and at its upper end isconnected by a cross-bar N with the upper end of the opposite plate,which cross-bar is pivoted upon one end of a lever 0 that isin turnpivoted centrally upon a stud l? which projects upward from the crossbarE, the arrangement being such as to enable said plates to be movedlongitudinally upward and downward with reference to said plunger by vthe movements of said lever upon its pivotal bearing. The lower ends ofsaid plates, which are to operate as strippers for removing a box fromthe plunger G, correspond in thickness to twice the thicknessof thepaper-board to be used and in transverse length have about four-fifthsthe width of the table-opening w.

The strippers M are intended to move quickly to their lower limit ofmotion just as the plunger reaches the lower limit of its travel, and,therefore, after the box has been folded upon the plunger, and to bemoved to the upper limit of their motion as said plunger passes from itsmid-position to the limit of its upper motion. This is accomplished byplacing a spring Q between the inner endof the lever O and the cross-barE to cause said strippers to automatically move to and remain in theirlowermost position when left free to act, andpivoting a spring-pressedpawl R upon said cross-bar E in such position as to cause its engagingend 7" toengage with the outer portion of said lever when said strippersare in an elevated position and lock them therein. An arm '1',projecting forward from such pawl, is provided within its outer end witha screw r which passes vertically downward, and by a downward movementof said cross-bar impinges upon the upper edge of the frame-plate G andcauses said pawl to be tilted rearward, so as to release said lever andpermit said spring Q to move said strippers downward to their normalposition. By the longitudinal adjustment of said screw the release ofsaid strippers may be hastened or retarded with reference to themovement of the plunger. The strippers are set in their upper positionby means of a lug S which extends upward from the frame-plate O in po:sition to engage the outer end of the leverO when the plunger has risena predetermined IIO distance, after which the further movement of saidplunger will cause said lever end to be relatively depressed until it isengaged by the spring-pawl R and locked in place. The employment of thespring Q to actuate the strippers instead of the cams commonly used forthe purpose is chiefly important in that where a. change in the depth ofbox being manufactured is made no change in the stripper-actuatingmechanism is necessar ,as the spring automatically carries the strippersto the box edges whatever be their height. Where a cam is used tooperate the strippers to place them in position to engage a blank, itwill be apparent that as the movement of the strippers by the cam isalways within the same limits it it should be attempted to make a boxshallower than the one for which the movement of the cam is designed thestrippers in their downward movement will fall short of reaching the topedge of the boxblank when the plunger reaches its lower limit of motion,and hence cannot prevent the lifting of the folded blank to the upperpart of the holder by the plunger as the latter rises. To satisfactorilyand perfectly perform their work, it is necessary that the strippers bein engagement with the box-blank at the instant the plunger begins torise, and this is only made possible in a machine adapted to make boxesof different depths either by substituting one cam for another, or, asis far more preferable, by providing for a variable movement of thestripper-actuating devices. The spring Q enables this variable movementto be given, and, almost instantaneously at-- ter it is freed from thelatch devices, it moves the strippers into engagement with the top edgesof the box-blank whatever be its height.

For specific feeding purposes, hereinafter explained, a toothed roller Tis journaled upon a bracketarm U, secured to the frameplate 0 in suchposition as to bring it immediately over the transverse center of thepath traveled by the paper-blank just in rear of the table-opening w,and is adapted to be rotated by means of a toothed intermediate wheel V,which is also journaled upon said bracket and meshes with said rollerand with the toothed surface at of the roller N, so that by the rotationof the latter said roller '1" is caused to rotate in the same direction.Below the roller T is a smooth-faced roller W which is journaled withinthe upper end of a rod 00', that from thence extends downward withinsuitable supports and is adapted to have a certain amount oflongitudinal motion, so as to cause its periphery to be brought nearlyinto contact with the periphery of said roller T when desired. A springY operates to hold said rod with a yielding pressure, with its rollernormally at the upper limit of its motion, while by means of ahorizontallyarranged lever Z, that has one end loosely connected withsaid rod and its opposite end pivoted upon a bracket A at the front ofthe bed-plate A, and a cam 13*, which is secured upon and rotates withthe shaft F and engages with such lever, said roller is moved to andheld at the lower limit of its motion during all but a fraction of thetime required for a rotation of said shaft.

Secured to the rear side of the table W, and from thence extendingrearward nearly to the rollers l and K, is a bridge-plate G which hasthe general form shown in Fig. 13, its front central portion beingprovided with an opening a for the roller T. Upon the upper side at eachend of such plate is secured a strip 0 which is arranged in a line withthe feed, and to its rear end is secured a crossstrip a, which extendsacross and is attached to the corresponding end of the opposite strip.At the longitudinal centerof such cross-strip is secured anothercross-strip 0 which from thence extends horizontally forward and has itsfront portion bifurcated, as shown, with its prongs c and 0 containedwithin the grooves 12 n of the roller N. Between said plate and itsstrips is left a sufficient space for the free passage of thepaper-blank, and at their rear ends said plate and the central strip arerelatively curved downward and rearward and upward and rearward topermit of the ready entrance of the end of a blank.

The box holders or carriers H and H are hinged together at their sides,so as to form a continuous chain, which has such length as to enableeach box after having been deposited in a holder to remain thereinasufficient time before being discharged to insure the drying of theglue employed for fastening the ends. Said holders are movedsuccessively to position beneath the plunger by means of a slide D whichis adapted to be moved longitudinally upon the way A and is providedwith a pawl d, that extends over said chain of holders, and by therearward movement of said slide is caused to trip overa holder, whileupon the forward movement of the samesaid pawl will engage with suchholder and move the entire chain forward. The movements described aresecured by means of a cam E which is secured upon the driving-shaft Fand provided with a cam-flange e, that passes between two rollers (Z and(Z upon the lower side of said slide.

In the use of the mechanisms described, paper for blanks is fed from aroll in the usual way between the rear pair of rolls H and ll and fromthe same passes to the rolls I and K, which cut oif a blank F and if thedepth of the box is to be more than one-half its width cuts at the sametime a right-angled notch f out of each corner of said blank. In shapingthe rear end of and severing one blank said roller-dies at the same timeshape the front end of the succeeding blank. The severed blank thenpasses into the bridgeplate 0 and between the rollers M and N, duringwhich the longitudinal cuts'f" and f are made, after which it passesupon the table \V over the opening w. The plunger G now descendssufficiently to cause the side edges of the blank to be turned upward,after which the pairs of bars X and X simultaneously move inward andturn the end pieces to aposition at a right angle with said sides. Saidplunger now continues its downward movement and, turning up the ends ofthe blank, presses the box into the holder I-I stationed beneath, and atthe instant when it reaches the lower limit of its motion the former lrises and impinges upon the bottom of the box, embosses such part, andcompletes the box. The plunger now rises and the strippers M and M whichhave moved downward until their endsare in engagement with the upperedges of the box ends, hold the box in position until the plunger. hasentirely withdrawn, when they are moved to their upper position and thecompleted box in its holder is moved out from the machine. The rollers Iand K can only engage with and draw forward the paper-when the elevatedportions of their peripheries come together, and when they arerelatively adjusted, so that circumferentially such raised portionsexactly coincide, the rollers are adapted to draw forward and to cutoffa blank which in length is just equal to the circumferential length ofone of such portions, or one-half the circumference of one of suchrollers. When it is desired to produce a shorter blank, so as to causethe box to have less depth, said roller K is turned so as to cause thefront edge of its raised portion to be in advance of the front edge ofthe raised portion of said roller I, when the length of the blank willthen only equal the distance between the points where the raised partsof said rollers first come together and the point where they separate.In order that the end of the paper strip may with certainty be graspedby the rollers I and K, the rollers H and H are arranged to run slowly,so that between the time when a blank has been cut from the strip andthe time when said rollers I and K have revolved sufficiently to bringtheelevated portions of their peripheries together said strip will havebeen moved forward a short distance, so that its end will be in positionto be grasped, after which the larger size and faster movements of saidrollers I and K will cause said strip to be drawn rapidly forward, andsaid rollers H and H will, through the action of their pawl and ratchetconnection, be rotated by instead of feeding forward the paper. Thecutting-rollers M and N run at a uniform speed, and from between thesame the blank is passed forward until its end rests upon the table,after which the roller W rises into engagement with the lower face ofsuch blank, and, pressing the latter upward against the toothed rollerT, said blank is quickly moved forward to position for the action of theplunger. After a box-holder has received its box and has nearlycompleted the circuit, the box is by an ordinary pusher removed, andsaid holder is then in condition to receive another box.

It will be seen that the blank is entirely completed before it is placedin position for the action of the box-forming devices, and it is thusmade possible toemploy one machine in the manufacture of boxes ofvarious sizes. Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. Asan improvement in mechanism for forming blanks for paper boxes from acontinuous strip of paper, the combination of a knife 'for transverselycutting the paper, means to vary the length of paper cut by the knife,and revolving, segment-shaped knives for forming slits in each end ofthe blank, each of which knives operates to cutslits in both ends of theblank, substantially as and for for transversely cutting the paper, anda roller between itand the box forming devices, which roller carries aknife to cut longitudinal slits at each end of the severed piece ofpaper, to complete a blank, substantially as and for the purpose shown.

4. In a box making machine, the combination of the blank formingmechanism, the box forming mechanism, the rollers forming part of saidblank forming mechanism, the feed device between said rollers and thebox forming mechanism, comprising a roller having a fixed axis and onehaving a movable axis, means for moving the latter roller toward andfrom the other and means for revolving one of said rollers,substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. In a paper box machine, the combination of the box forming mechanism,the feeding rollers, one of which is provided with a blank severingknife, a second set of rollers one of which carries blank slittingknives, and the supplemental, intermittently acting feed rollers, placedin close proximity to the box form- IIO ing mechanism, substantially asand for the purpose specified.

p 6. In a box making machine, the combination of the blank formingmechanism, the box forming mechanism, the rollers forming part of saidblank-forming mechanism, the feed device between said mechanismscomprising a roller having a fixed axis and one having a movable axis,connections between one of the rollers of the blank-forming mechanism,and the feed roller having a fixed axis, and means to move the otherfeed roller toward and from the latter, substantially as and for thepurpose shown.

7. In a paper box making machine, the combination of box forming devicesa pair of feed rollers, a knife carried by one of the latter, to

cut the'paper transversely, a second pair of rollers, having two knives,each of which is adapted to slit the paper longitudinally at both ends,and a bridge between the two pairs of rollers, substantially as and forthe purpose described.

8. In a paper box making machine, the combination of a feed roller,gearing to rotate the same, a clutch device connecting it and suchgearing that permits the roller to be moved faster than the rate atwhich such gearing drives it, and an intermittently feedingroller, thathas greater peripheral speed than the other, substantially as and forthe purpose specified.

9. The combination of the box forming plunger, a holder for the boxblankinto which the latter is carried by the'plunger, the reciprocablestrippers, and means to automatically impart a variable movement to thesame, whereby they may engage the edges of boxes at different heightsupon the plunger, to strip the boxes therefrom, substantially as and forthe purpose shown.

10. In a paper box making machine the combination of the box formingplunger, means to fold the box blank thereon,a holder into which thefolded blank is carried by the plunger, the reciprocable strippers, aspring to move the latter into engagement with the box edges, and cammechanism to move said strippers in opposition to the spring,substantially as and for the purpose described.

11. In a paper box making machine, the combination of the box formingplunger, the

reciprocable strippers, a spring to move the latter into engagement withthe box edges, a latch mechanism to holdsaid strippers from movement bythe spring, and means to release such latch mechanism, substantiaily asand for the purpose set forth.

12. In a paper box making machine, the combination of the box formingplunger, the reciprocable strippers, the lever connected to the latter,the spring to move said strippers in one direction, a pawl to engagesaid lever and hold the parts against the stress of the spring, andmeans to release the pawl at a predetermined time, substantially as andfor the purpose specified.

13. In a paper box making machine, the combination of the box-formingplunger, the reciprocating strippers, the lever connected to the latter,the spring to move said strippers in one direction, a pawl to engagesaid lever and hold the same against the stress of the spring, means torelease said pawl at a predetermined point in the descent of theplunger, and a lug to engage said lever to move such strippers in theopposite direction, substantially as and for the purpose shown.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this3d day of Mam-1894:.

JACOB P. W RIGHT.

Witnesses:

L. W. BEECHER, H. D. STANNARD.

